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Muricopsis cristata

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Muricopsis cristata
Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
A shell of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Muricopsis
Species:
M. cristata
Binomial name
Muricopsis cristata
(Brocchi, 1814)

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata, common name Blainville's muricop, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Synonyms

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  • Fusus asperrimus Millet, 1865 (junior homonym of Fusus asperrimus T. Brown, 1827)
  • Fusus dodecanesinus Bevilacqua, 1928
  • Murex blainvillei Payraudeau, 1826
  • Murex blainvillei var. aterrima Dautzenberg, 1890
  • Murex blainvillei var. bicolor Monterosato, 1878
  • Murex blainvillei var. gracilis Monterosato in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Murex blainvillei var. gracilis Monterosato, 1870
  • Murex blainvillei var. minor Praus, 1906
  • Murex blainvillei var. rosea Monterosato, 1878 in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Murex blainvillei var. trophoniformis Monterosato, 1884
  • Murex blainvillei var. violacea Monterosato, in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Murex blainvillii Payraudeau, 1826
  • Murex blainvillii var. bicolor Monterosato, 1878
  • Murex cataphractus Sowerby, 1834
  • Murex cinosurus Chiereghini in Nardo, 1847
  • Murex cristatus Brocchi, 1814 (basionym)
  • Murex cristatus var. adellus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex cristatus var. ampa de Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex cristatus var. ampus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex cristatus var. berdica de Gregorio, 1885 (synonym)
  • Murex cristatus var. berdicus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex cristatus var. emus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex cristatus var. expallescens Tapparone Canefri, 1869
  • Murex cristatus var. inermis Philippi, 1836
  • Murex dentatus Anton, 1838
  • Murex inermis Philippi, 1836
  • Murex inermis trifasciata Nordsieck, 1972
  • Murex pliciferus Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
  • Murex porrectus Locard, 1886
  • Murex pustulatus Locard, 1899
  • Murex rudis Risso, 1826
  • Murex rugulosa O.G. Costa, 1861
  • Murex subspinosus A. Adams, 1854
  • Muricidea blainvillei [sic] (misspelling of Muricidea blainvillii (Payraudeau, 1826))
  • Muricidea blainvillei var. trophoniformis Weinkauff, 1868)
  • Muricidea polliaeformis Weinkauff, 1868
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata (Brocchi, 1814)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Muricopsis atra Nordsieck, 1972
  • Muricopsis blainvillei (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. hispida Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. horrida Monterosato in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. oblonga Stalio in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. spinulata Coen, 1937
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. spinulosa Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. spinulosa Stalio in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. umbilicata Coen, 1930
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. violacea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Muricopsis blainvillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Muricopsis blainvillii var. horrida Monterosato in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis blainvillii var. oblonga Stalio in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis blainvillii var. spinulosa Stalio in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis cristatus (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Muricopsis cristatus major Settepassi, 1977
  • Muricopsis cristatus pungens Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977
  • Muricopsis cristatus spinulatus Stalio in Settepassi, 1977
  • Muricopsis glutinosa Palazzi & Villari, 2001 (dubious synonym)
  • Muricopsis hispida Monterosato in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis inermis (Philippi, 1836)
  • Muricopsis inermis trifasciata Nordsieck, 1972
  • Muricopsis spinulosa Stalio in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis spinulosa obsoleta Nordsieck, 1972
  • Ocinebra blainvillei [sic] (misspelling of Ocinebra blainvillii (Payraudeau, 1826))
  • Ocinebra blainvillei var. elongata Locard & Caziot, 1900
  • Ocinebra blainvillei var. ventricosa Locard & Caziot, 1900
  • Ocinebrina blainvillei (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Ocinebrina blainvillei var. hirsuta Pallary, 1904
  • Ocinebrina blainvillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Pollia coccinea Monterosato, 1884 (dubious synonym)

Fossil records

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The fossil record dates back to the Pliocene (age range: from 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago).[2]

Description

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The shell size varies between 10 mm and 35 mm.[3] Size, color and morphology are very variable. The whorls have a variable number of more or less prominent varices showing foliaceous or spinose projections. They have a well-developed siphonal canal, and the siphon is quite elongated.[4]

Distribution

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This quite common species ioccurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, Morocco and the Canaries and in the Red Sea.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata (Brocchi, 1814). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 December 2010.
  2. ^ Fossilworks
  3. ^ a b "Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristatus cristatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ Mb Shells
  • Nordsieck, F. (1972). Marine Gastropoden aus der Shiqmona-Bucht in Israël. Archiv für Molluskenkunde der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 102(4–6): 227–245.
  • Palazzi, S.; Villari, A. (2001). Molluschi e Brachiopodi delle grotte sottomarine del Taorminense. La Conchiglia. 297, suppl., 56 pp
  • Nordsieck, F. (1972). Marine Gastropoden aus der Shiqmona-Bucht in Israël. Archiv für Molluskenkunde der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 102(4–6): 227–245.
  • Coen G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano 192: pp. i-vii, 1–186
  • Ceulemans L., van Dingenen F., Merle D. & Landau B.M. (2016). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 3) – Muricidae. Vita Malacologica. 15: 35–55.
  • Landau B.M., Merle D., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2019). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 3. Muricidae. Cainozoic Research. 19(1): 3–44.
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